MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 34.80,-96.64 Latitude: 34.80 Longitude: -96.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 73 SFC 976 285 28.5 25.7 85 2.8 26.4 40 7 303.7 307.7 300.3 368.7 21.75 2 950 530 28.7 22.7 70 6.0 24.3 80 9 306.3 309.8 299.1 362.2 18.57 3 900 1010 25.5 20.5 74 5.0 21.9 192 9 307.8 311.0 298.6 359.5 17.12 4 850 1511 21.7 18.5 82 3.1 19.5 217 18 308.9 311.9 298.2 357.5 16.01 5 800 2035 17.5 16.9 96 0.6 17.1 220 21 309.8 312.7 298.0 356.5 15.33 6 750 2585 14.6 14.4 99 0.2 14.5 221 23 312.4 315.1 297.7 355.2 13.90 7 700 3167 11.3 11.1 99 0.1 11.2 231 27 315.0 317.3 297.1 352.2 11.97 8 650 3784 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 248 30 317.6 319.6 296.5 349.4 10.08 9 600 4441 4.0 3.9 99 0.2 3.9 267 33 320.8 322.4 296.1 347.8 8.46 10 550 5145 -0.3 -0.5 99 0.2 -0.4 282 39 323.8 325.1 295.7 345.7 6.75 11 500 5902 -4.6 -5.1 97 0.5 -4.8 290 40 327.4 328.4 295.5 344.9 5.25 12 450 6726 -8.8 -12.8 73 3.9 -10.5 294 35 332.1 332.8 295.1 343.1 3.18 13 400 7629 -14.2 -21.8 53 7.6 -16.6 304 32 336.5 336.9 294.9 342.6 1.68 14 350 8627 -21.5 -29.4 49 8.0 -23.3 315 33 339.8 340.0 295.1 343.4 0.96 15 300 9742 -30.7 -37.6 51 6.9 -31.7 320 35 342.1 342.3 295.3 344.1 0.50 16 250 11009 -40.6 -44.5 66 3.9 -41.0 328 43 345.7 345.7 295.9 346.8 0.29 17 200 12488 -52.3 -56.5 60 4.2 -52.4 326 52 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.3 0.09 18 150 14290 -65.9 -73.0 36 7.1 -66.0 326 62 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16707 -70.9 -85.0 11 14.0 -71.0 334 22 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.23 m Freezing level: 553.15 mb = 5100.51 m = 16733.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 554.50 mb = 5078.90 m = 16662.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.90 % Est. max temperature: 34.05 C = 93.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.10 mb = 641.64 m = 2105.09 ft T: 27.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 26.11 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.23 mb = 1693.30 m = 5555.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.95 C = 93.11 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 44.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 451.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2702.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.47 mb = 1393.15 m = 4570.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.47 mb = 1858.43 m = 6097.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 136.47 mb = 14853.29 m = 48730.69 ft B at Equ Level: 2670.96 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.1 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 287.1 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 272.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 272.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.74 Bulk Rich Number: 16.54 Bulk Shear: 163.38 m/s